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The science of crime scenes /
The Science of Crime Scenes, Second Edition offers a science-based approach to crime scenes, emphasizing that understanding is more important than simply knowing. Without sacrificing technical details, the book adds significantly to the philosophy and theory of crime scene science. This new edition...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press,
[2018]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Section 1. The science of crime scene investigation : 1. The "forensic mindset" : Forensic professionals are knowledge workers ; Hunting as an origin for forensic science ; Trifles, traces, and clues ; From science to art to literature ; Evidence is proxy data
- From scene to laboratory to court : Access to the scene ; Sensitivity to initial conditions ; Downstream effects ; Documentation ; Chain of custody ; Submitting evidence for analysis ; Conclusion : Evidence in the courtroom
- 2. What is a crime scene? : A definition ; Staged crime scenes
- Crime scene intelligence: connecting people, places, and things : Connections through contact: transfer and persistence ; Classification and resolution ; Individualization of evidence ; Relationship and context ; Known and questioned items
- Section 2. Personnel and procedures : 3. Personnel : CSI isn't like CSI ; High performance workplace organizations ; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder for crime scene investigators ; Forensic scientist focus ; Cost, time, and quality ; Contamination ; Logistics ; Building the team
- First responder on the scene : Competing responsibilities ; Securing the scene ; Preserving the scene ; Releasing the scene
- The investigator-in-charge : What attributes do successful IIC people have in common?
- The forensic team: officers, scientists, and specialists : What is a crime scene team? ; Forensic specialists at crime scenes
- Nonforensic personnel superiors, officials, and the media : 1.110 Media relations, effective date: 3/2/2012 ; Public information officers ; 15 minutes of fame
- 4. General crime scene procedure
- "Freezing" the scene and the three R's (recognize, recover, and record) : Death investigations ; Preliminary search ; Recognizing evidence ; Recovering evidence ; Recording evidence
- The chain of custody : A chain of custody example ; Problems with chains of custody
- Recording the scene: sketching, photography, and video : Crime-scene photography ; Video ; Measurements ; Sketching ; Geographic information systems and crime ; Mapping
- Section 3. Detection and reconstruction : 5. Searching for evidence: recovery : From trace to proof, or why finding a trace is not sufficient ; Which evidence is useful? ; The search for evidence ; Practical search: focal and ancillary points ; Optimizing the search: applying Locard's theory ; Controlling contamination
- Detecting : What is light and how do we see an object? ; Luminescence ; From theory to practice: the forensic light source ; General crime-scene screening ; Photoluminescence ; Specific crime-scene screening
- Collection : Types of evidence to collect ; Materials and containers ; Available techniques to collect evidence
- Preserving : Threats to evidence ; Safety at the scene
- Submitting evidence to the laboratory : Request for laboratory examination ; General submission guidelines ; Biological evidence ; Trace evidence ; Impression evidence ; Explosives ; Physical match ; Firearms evidence ; Toolmark evidence ; Latent prints evidence
- 6. Evidence types and enhancement
- Chemical evidence : Drugs ; Arson ; Explosives ; Gunshot residue ; Restoration of serial numbers
- Biological evidence : DNA and trace DNA
- Impression evidence : Human traces ; Fingerprints, palm prints, and bare footprints ; Human skin ; Integrating a global analytical sequence ; Earprints ; Other human prints ; Object traces ; Shoeprints and tireprints ; Gloveprints ; Toolmarks
- Other types of evidence : Questioned documents ; Computers, cellphones, and other mass storages ; Pollen ; Bones ; Insects and time since death ; Diatoms ; Odors
- 7. Crime scene reconstruction
- An archaeological approach : Of artifacts and evidence ; Terminology ; Time and space
- Bloodstain pattern analysis : Directionality ; Grouping bloodstains ; Droplet size and force ; Types of bloodstains
- Photogrammetry and 3D reconstruction : Photogrammetry ; 3D scanners
- Section 4. Special crime scenes : 8. Special crime scenes
- Disaster and mass fatalities : Disaster and mass fatalities : The disaster scene ; Human remains
- Terrorist crime scenes : School shooting incidents
- CBRN crime scenes : Preparing for forensic collection ; Collecting relevant evidence ; Entering the hot crime scene ; An operative flowchart
- Underwater and underground crime scenes : Underwater scenes ; Locating the scene ; Working the scene ; Preservation of materials in water ; Underground scenes.